Pittston



' 1,442,112. A. w. ALEXANDER.

BOOK HANGER AND PROTECTOR.

FILED MAR. 17, 1922.

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Patented J an. 16, 1923.

ALLAN 'ALEXANDEB, OF PITTSTON,-PEI INSYLVANIA.

BOOK Hansen AND nnorncron.

Application filed IvEarchJY, 1922. serial No. 544,562.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLANVV. ALEXAN- DER, a citizen ofthe United States of A'merica,.residing at Pittston, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book Hangers and'P'rotectors, of which thefollowing is a-specification, reffil? en'ce being had therein to the accompanying drawings. y 1

This invention relates to a book hanger and protector and .it has for its object to provide improved device of' this character by means of which books such ascatalogues, telephone directories and the like mayabehung upon a nail orcther support.-

It is a further object of the invention to provide a hanger of the character described constructed in such manner as to prevent the marring of desks or other polished articles of furniture if the book by which the hanger is carried is drawn thereacross or laid thereon. It is a further object of the invention'to provide a hanger of the character described including elements adapted to bear advertising matter.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed de-.

scription which follows.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a book having the hanger of the invention applied thereto Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the elements constituting the hanger; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through a book having the hanger applied thereto. t

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

It is a well known fact that telephone directories, as delivered to subscribers, are

perforated transversely near their upper However, the telephone companies do not supply any suspending elements for these books. The subscriber is free to use any suspending element that he sees fit. string, others use pieces of wire. The strings are limp and become twisted so that it is a tedious matter to straighten them out and engage them with a nail or other support upon which the directory is to. be hung. The wires, upon the other hand, scratch the surfaces of highly polished desks and-other Some subscribers use pieces of able for that reason.

In carrying out the invention '1 provide a loop of wirej5 which is adapted to l'ie substantially centrally of the book. 1 No part of this wire is disposed upon the'outside' buttons are preferably provided with pe'rfectly smooth' celluloid outer faces .which articles of oflice furniture and are objection "cated'iatfi, and terminate in loops at 7wl1ich' are engaged by eyes 8 of buttons 9. These willnot mar the surface of highly olished articles of furniture. Theleyes 9 aregpref- 'erably formed by suitably bending wires'lO which extend transversely across the bfaQks v of the buttons and are provided with-ends 11 which are engaged beneath the overturned edges of the said buttons.

The surfaces of the buttons may be utilized to bear advertising matter, such. as is indicated at 12.

In applying the device, the book to be supported, which is indicated at 13, is, opened substantially at the center and one end of the loop 5 is passed through the perforated part 14 formed in those leaves which lie to one side of the center. The eye 8 of a button 9 is then engaged with the loop 7,

i said button lying outside of the book. The

other end of the loop 5 is then forced through the perforated part 14 of those leaveswhich'lie upon the other side of the center and the other button is in like mane nerattached to the extremity of said wire, the book is then closed and the parts lie in the position illustrated in Fig. 3. Another way which might be resorted'to in the application of the device is to first attach the button 9 to loop 7 and then passthe loop '6 constituting the other or free end of the wire through the perforation 14 from side to side of the book and then attach the other button 9 to said loop 6. Thereafter, by opening the book in the middle the inter mediate portion of the wire may be grasped and drawn upwardly to form the loop 5.

The loop 5 may be formed of'any suitable inaterial but I preferably make it of spring steel wire so that it will retain its open loop formation thus rendering it easy to enga e it with a nail, hook or like support. urthermore, this spring steel wire enables me .to make the loops 7 in the form of snap loops. In other words, by making the terminal ends of these loops lie very close to the adjacent part of the loop 5, the eyes 8 are caused to snap through the restricted openings thus provided. Consequently the buttons Will not easily become disengaged from the loops 7.

From the foregoing description it Willbe seen that simple and efficient means are herein provided for carrying out the object of the invention. However it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth but that it includes Within its purview Whatever changes fairly come Within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claims.

Having described my invention What I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a loop having its ends outturned in opposite directions to pass through the perforated portions of a book to be suspended,.buttons adapted to lie outwardly of the covers of the book and means for engaging said buttons with said ends.

Tshape, the looped element being adapted to lie substantially centrally Within a book and the aligned ends being adapted to project in opposite directions through perforated portions of such book and retaining means at the terminals of the aligned ends for preventing inward ends.

3. A device of the character described comprising a Wire loop having its inner ends outturned in opposite directions to pass through the perforated portions of a book to be suspended and having its terminal ends bent to looped formation, substantially flat buttons adapted to lie outwardly of the covers of the book and eyes uponthe rear faces of said buttons adapted to engage With the loop terminals of the Wire loops. 7

Intestimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

ALLAN W. ALEXANDER.

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